Apron-fastener.



Nu. 63!,005. Patented Aug. l5, I899. H. K. CUSTER.

APRON FASTENER.

Application filed on. 10. 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

HARRISON K. CUSTER, OF NORIVALK, CALIFORNIA.

APRON-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,005, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed October 10, 1898. Serial No. 693,174. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRISON K. CUsTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norwalk, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Apron Pin or Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Great difficulty is experienced in laundering aprons provided with theusual long cloth strings. In addition to the strings becoming entangledwith the machinery and thereby being torn or broken the laundries makean extra charge for the additional labor which is necessary in ironingthe strings. In the matter of Masonic aprons and many other aprons inwhich large quantities are used and which must be laundered frequentlyin order to maintain their spotless appearance this item of expense isconsiderable. In addition to the extra expense such strings are veryinconvenient in use and unless neatly tied are very bunglesome andunsightly.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby apron-stringsmay be dispensed with and the apron quickly and neatly secured in placeupon the body, held evenly and smoothly in position, and may be asexpeditiously removed, the fastening devices being so arranged that theymay be quickly detached from the apron when it is necessary to send theapron to the laundry and as quickly attached thereto after its returnfrom the laundry.

My invention comprises the various features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved fastening devices inuse. Fig. 2 is an inside view of one of my devices removed from theapron. Fig. 3 is a like view of a modified form of device. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the device shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents a shield, which may be stamped out ofsheet metal and is at one end provided with means for attachment to anapron. This means may be an eye or loop a, into which may be looped oneend of an elastic strip B, the other end of which may be provided with asafety-pin or other device D, whereby the elastic strip may be quicklyfastened or unfastened from the apron E. One end of the shield A isupturned, as shown at A, to furnish a convenient finger-hold, wherebythe shield may be conveniently grasped.

A is the pin proper, which may be made separate from the shield, asshown in Fig. 2, having its body arranged at a distance from andsubstantially parallel with the shield and its head end bent at an angleto its body and secured to the shield near the end A, with its point adirected toward the loop a or the means for attachment to the apron, orthe pin may be stamped from the body of the sheetmetal blank, as shownin Fig. 3, the construction of the device being of minor importance.

In practical operation a device is attached to each side of the apron,as indicated in Fig. 1, and the operator then grasps each shield, thefinger-holds furnishing convenient means therefor, places the apron inproper position about the waist, draws the shields toward the rear,pressing them against the clothing, then releases the shields to allowthem to draw forward, and the pins enter the clothing G and hold theapron firmly in position Without any liability of their becomingaccidentally unfastened, while the shields engage with the outer surfaceof the clothing and prevent the pin from entering so deeply as to prickthe skinof the wearer.

When it is desired to launder the apron, the devices are removed fromthe aprons by unpinning the safety-pins or other fastening device fromthe aprons, and when the aprons are returned from the laundry thefastening devices may be again fastened securely thereto.

A degree of eiiiciency may be secured by omitting the elastic strips;but in such case the elasticity of the clothing must be depended upon tohold the apron smooth and to prevent the pins from becoming detachedfrom the clothing. 1

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apron-fastener, a metal plate having one end provided with aneye and having its other end bent laterally to form a fingerhold; and apin projecting from the side of end secured to the shield; and anelastic hav- 1o ing one end looped through the eye and secured andhaving its other end provided with means for attachment to an apron.

HARRISON K. CUSTER.

WVitnesses:

ALFRED I. TOWNSEND, JAMES R. TOWNSEND.

